Artisan: Heavy Equipment Mechanic

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

•     Participates in workplace safety events.
•     Operates any vehicles (trucks, car, forklift ) within safety standards and procedures, even when not supervised.
•     Implements safety awareness in all activities and provides feedback on the effectiveness of safety events.
•     Reports equipment that is not in good working order.
•     Plans for health check and inspection of equipment.
•     Informs the leadership of the work steps and technical issues.
•     Conducts visual machine/equipment inspection – health condition, breakdowns, and general inspection in terms of appearance, damage or missing components.
•     Inspect for leakages, check machine operations, check rust, check for wrong or missing parts, download machine data, identify cracks visually, take samples (oil, coolants, etc.)
•     Test and adjust faulty components/parts/systems.
•     Monitors the functionality of the component/equipment and progress made.
•     Reports inspection results, as well as any abnormalities or damage.
•     Complete daily activity and service reports.
•     Provide feedback with regards to continuous improvement/suggestion to manager.
•     Obtain necessary consumables items/parts/tools from warehouse via approved procedures.
•     Apply judgement in the replacement or re-use of parts.
•     Gain technical advice or approval to replace a part/component.
•     Execute mechanical repairs and services on machines.
•     Clean equipment/parts/component.
•     Perform basic welding repairs.
•     Plans for service of equipment with regards to date, workshops, nominations of service, stock and other resources.
•     Assess work/materials/items/parts required to resolve problem.
•     Plan maintenance for equipment in conjunction with leadership.
•     Obtain technical advice on complex repairs.
•     Checks returns unused consumables stock and parts back into stock.
•     Reports service results as well as any abnormalities or damage.
•     Obtains relevant manuals and resources and makes this available for execution of work.
•     Checks that tools/equipment required for work are available and in good working order.
•     Remains abreast of changes/decisions implemented with regards to key issues/problems/improvement.
•     Orders parts and consumables as per plan.
•     Executes overhaul of equipment according to procedure.
•     Inspect equipment for compliance and quality.
•     Reports on overhaul job statistics, problems, issues and product feedback.
•     Complete the component changeout form, commissioning report and customer feedback and warranty certificates.
•     Plans troubleshooting process of equipment.
•     Conduct fault finding, Collects facts about breakdowns.
•     Measure and compare readings – gauges, multi meters, heat guns, etc. to specifications.
•     Obtain technical advice on complex troubleshooting.
•     Check specification values against actual values and recommends repair solutions.
•     Report’s fault-finding results, as well as any abnormalities or damage.
•     Informs the manager and maintenance planning on R&M Care information, schedules and plans.